Often, It's not About the AI

It is useful to note that many of the reasons why some otherwise meritorious AI applications fail have nothing to do with the AI per se, but rather, with systems engineering and organizational issues. Some embedded AI systems may work well for years on a software platform that is orphaned and porting it would be prohibitively expensive. The delivered application system might work well, but it could be hard to maintain internally. The system may work according to the sponsor's requirements, but it might not be applied to the part of the problem that delivers the largest economic results; or the system might not produce enough visible organizational benefits to protect it in subsequent budget battles.